medium6.0
CVE-2016-8578
The v9fs_iov_vunmarshal function in fsdev/9p-iov-marshal.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (NULL…
Impact
The v9fs_iov_vunmarshal function in fsdev/9p-iov-marshal.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and QEMU process crash) by sending an empty string parameter to a 9P operation.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Qemu | Qemu | through 2.7.1 |
| Opensuse | Leap | Version 42.2 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 8.0 |
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/14
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93474
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg07143.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/14
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93474
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg07143.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11